Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-10-01
A GOSSIPY LETTER
Of Things i'm and About Crittenden, Har-
 shaw and Tombstone.
CRrrrENpExAT saD, e,b 1887


 shaw and Tombstone.
 CRrrrESDEN, A. T., Sept 9th, 1887.
 ED. CITIZES:-The hesvIest rains ever seen by She oldest inhabitants, have visited this sectIOn of country this sea- son. the results are m abundance of
 grass, plenty of fat cattle, stockmen are clothed m smiles, roads Ill horrible con- dision-or rather no roads at all-road- masters bewildered, chloriders and i tesmsfers cussIng hecsuse they cannot Ret the ores tO market, and extensive,
 vashouts on the N. NJ. A. S $. P. R. R,
 The repair trains have been here nearly two months with large force of car penters and also force of rock and earth mechanics which has increased the ChlhuRhus population of our town by as least one hundred. These gentry claim Co be the Bon Ton" of Sonora and their actions indicate them to be snch, especially while they are imbIbing free ly ot Crlttenden ''sheep-dip,"
 Although they cannot haul the eres from the mines at present there is con- siderable work being done. W. T. Lake X Go. are working about twenty men on the Trench. whicn Is showing up we'll but they have considerable water to contend with.
 K Farrell 4 Uo. are working twenty men on the American and have large quantity of ore ready to ship. Work has also been resumed on the Home Again mine and considerable ore IS be- heinz extracted.
 w. H. Harring has struck rich ore in his Humboldt mine. Other mines of less rate are beng worked. some of which look we'll.
 Captain Witslaw has arrived in San | Francisco from Europe and Is expected | here next month m regard to hIs' con- | templsted erection of concentrstors al Washington camp. A letter has been | received from Captain Hsite, our Orit- ! tenden smelter man, and we are grsti- he'd to learn that be IS in good spirits. l
 Altogether the outlook for this section | of Arizona is good. The Hsrshswites | have faith in this section of country | judging from the permanent improve ments being made m the town. especially | by ". T. Lake ( Oo.. R T. Farrell and Wm. Powers they being the leading business men of that prospective little burg.
 W. T. Lake S Co, have & general merchandise store a. La Noris, with stock of goods creditsble to any country town. The store IS presided over by Mir. George Dunlap, a member of the firm, assisted by E. E, McDonsld.
 Mrs. J. R. Fryer is keeping the Palace | Hotel in Hsrshsw and is doing good business as she knows how to run 8 hotel to suit the public.
 The people in that burgh keep up their sociabilitY by having small parties nearly every week, and occasionally in- dulge in fistiouff Uncle Allie snd the Major being the last in the ring
 On trip to Hsrshsw We solved the mystery of large tin cover shipped to this place, and Forwarded to W. T. Lake t Co. At the time of the big shake some months ago lady was In the act of measuring an ordinary sized stew ket- tie for a cover and got the dimensions somewhat mixed by giving the circum- ference instead of the diameter and feet | instead of inches, the result being 8 | cover large enough to roof an ordinary | piZed cabin.
 That brings to mind another incident | in that town of preachers at the same time their worthy Post Master conceived the idea of erecting a telegraph from the post office to 6 room In the hotel where he and the young ladies could carry on a oSayersssSon unknown to the public. Al the time of the shake one of the ladies ID the hotel conceived the idea that the electricity was the cause of the disturbances and ran out calling Ed for Heaven sake out the vIre" Ed did so at once and that wire has not been since.
 Ia Crittenden we are jogging along as usual. Al. Peck and Tom Lockwood have leased Jack Parks Jack Tar mines and are taking out large qusntitIes of ore, but are cussing because they cannot haul it ir, Jack, however. IS 6 stock man and is wearing his smiling Sunday fsce every day.
 Judge E. VsnderlIp has opened butcher shop and will do a profitable business during the stay of the gentry form Sonora. People say that Vans hand is not SO heavy as when be was 6 younger man; probably because now it is the hand of Justice. The Judge has court business to attend to and gives general satisfaction.
 We don't know what to do with AL As be is at outs with the "Widdy." She, being desirous of procuring 8 pair of mocking birds. applied to Al. who claimed to have them. He procured the coveted pets, but when informed by her slew days thereafter, that 8 corn meal diet did not seem to agree with them, he suggested that they be given 0 few $ msll chickens for a change of diet. Then Al became aware that there IS @ limit to practical lOEes, especially palm ing of chicken hawks for 10 ocking birds.
 ka. ha lR khal |. 26th, was a grand success. The Har- shswites were down in force. and many from the surrounding country; in fact, you would wonder where all the hand some ladies and misses came from, and nary a homely one ID the lot.
 Mir, P. J. Zeimet. our old frlend "Jesn," Is taking a smile with with us, having come out on a business trip. He has purchased homestead in Chicago and intends to grow up with the village, and is already becoming reconstructed to the Sunday law. The many friends of Nr. R. c. Msrkly are pleased to see him cast his crutches aside.
 Was on a trip to Tombstone on Satur- day and returned on Monday. Although people there complsia that bnsiness is oyerdone. still to an outside observer, it has the appearance of 6 brisk business town. Several mines are being worked, the Grand Central alone having up wards of three hundred men on their pay roll, and other companies upwards of two hundred more. besides several chlOridsrs. The talk is thai the com psnies will increase their forces in 8 short while, but ip oFde. to do co, men vlll have to come in, ss there are no ,dla man men in kovn uho a,a uorkars |
 Particular attention was taken m buIldiog thIs city, to have the streets wide and regular, and now particular st. tention IS paid to cleanliness by the res idenis and city fathers. Beg pardon. but it voold be well for some of Tue sons business men and city dads to vis-